World-renowned theologian and church critic Hans Küng died on Tuesday in the German city of Tübingen. He was 92 years of age. He had been suffering from Parkinsons for a number of years.
Pope John XXIII appointed Küng an adviser at the Second Vatican Council (1962 - 1965) along with the then Joseph Ratzinger.
The president of the German Bishops Conference Georg Bätzing praised Küng as a recognised and combative researcher, who stood by his convictions.
The president of Baden-Württemberg, Green politician Winfried Kretschmann praised Küng for his work in dialoguing between religions and cultures.
He saw him as a guiding inspiration for many people, including himself and recognised his world-status in questions of faith, in matters concerning ethics.
Küng was born in Switzerland in 1928. He began his theological studies in Rome when he was 20. After a short period as a curate in Luzern he started out on his academic research in Münster.
In 1960 he was appointed a professor in Tübingen where he was to spend the rest of his life.
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Hans Küng, RIP. What an extraordinary man. You have omitted to mention tyhe shameful response of John Paul II to Küng's rejection of papal infallability in stripping him of the right to be called a "Catholic" theologian. It is an example of the bulldozer-like fear-based approach to the exercise of authority in the Church -- smash all dissent lest the peasants become restless.
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